As we move into 2026, I’ve been reflecting on where authentication and digital identity are heading. The past year brought meaningful progress: passkeys gained real traction, government-backed digital ID programs launched across multiple regions, and AI agents began reshaping how we think about machine-to-machine trust. In 2026, these trends won’t just continue — they’ll accelerate and fundamentally influence how we design authentication systems.

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the latest conversations coming out of Silicon Valley and the broader AI community, you’ve probably noticed a growing trend: developers are buying Mac Mini units to run local AI agents such as the project formerly known as Clawdbot—now rebranded as Moltbot.